Rough Rider Award
The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award is an award presented by the governor of the state of North Dakota. It is bestowed upon prominent North Dakotans.[1]
Recipients
Note: date in parentheses indicates date of award[1]
- Lawrence Welk, entertainer (August 28, 1961)
- Dorothy Stickney, actress (November 2, 1961)
- Ivan Dmitri, artist (April 13, 1962)
- Roger Maris, athlete (January 4, 1964)
- Eric Sevareid, journalist (April 17, 1964)
- General Harold K. Johnson, military service (April 23, 1965)
- Dr. Anne H. Carlsen, educator (September 9, 1966)
- Edward K. Thompson, journalist (April 19, 1968)
- Dr. Robert Henry Bahmer, archivist (July 28, 1970)
- Louis L'Amour, author (May 26, 1972)
- Bertin C. Gamble, entrepreneur, founder of Gamble-Skogmo (October 20, 1972)
- Casper Oimoen, athlete (February 12, 1973)
- Peggy Lee, entertainer (May 23, 1975)
- Harold Schafer, entrepreneur (July 4, 1975)
- Era Bell Thompson, journalist (August 14, 1976)
- Dr. Leon Orris Jacobson, physician (October 1, 1976)
- Elizabeth Bodine, humanitarian (July 27, 1979)
- Clifford "Fido" Purpur, athlete (May 16, 1981)
- Phyllis Frelich, actress (April 27, 1981)
- General David C. Jones, military service (May 21, 1982)
- Ronald N. Davies, judge (June 11, 1987)
- Phil Jackson, athlete (July 30, 1992)
- Larry Woiwode, author (October 23, 1992)
- Angie Dickinson, actress (December 2, 1992)
- Reverend Richard C. Halverson, minister (March 26, 1994)
- Brynhild Haugland, legislator (March 20, 1995)
- Admiral William A. Owens, military service (January 29, 1996)
- Carl Ben Eielson, pioneer aviator (August 26, 1997)
- Warren Christopher, public servant (June 20, 1998)
- Bobby Vee, entertainer (June 20, 1999)
- Chester "Chet" Reiten, entrepreneur (October 8, 2002)
- Thomas J. Clifford, educator (November 23, 2002)
- Sister Thomas Welder, educator (May 1, 2004)
- Harry J. Pearce, business leader (August 11, 2004)
- William C. Marcil, business leader (May 18, 2006)
- Woodrow W. Keeble, World War II and Korean War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient (July 23, 2009)
- Doug Burgum, entrepreneur and philanthropist (November 20, 2009)
- Ronald D. Offutt, Agribusiness Leader and Philanthropist , founder of RDO Equipment Company (September 15, 2011)
- Louise Erdrich, author (April 19, 2013)
- Herman Stern, humanitarian, social and economic activist, businessman, visionary and director of the North Dakota Winter Show, Holocaust rescuer (March 13, 2014)
- Gerald W. VandeWalle, judge (January 7, 2014)
- John D. Odegard, aviation pioneer (October 15, 2015)
- Clint Hill, Secret Service agent (October 5, 2018)
Sources
- "Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award". North Dakota Office of the Governor. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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